May 24, 2017

Hwang Sunyoung doubles at DCRC Championship

The DCRD 1/8th Off-road Championship was held recently in South Korea with about 150 drivers signing up for the event. Hwang Sunyoung made a clean sweep in the 1/8th E-Buggy and Pro Nitro Buggy classes by bringing home the win in both categories. Jeon Hanyoung and Jin Sunghyun would come in 2nd and 3rd respectively in the E-Buggy class while Jeon Hanyoung and Shin Dongcheol completed the podium result in the Pro Nitro Buggy category.

Source: Serpent [teamserpent.com]

May 23, 2017

Savvas Savva wins at RCE Championship Rd2

Round 2 of the RCE Championship was held in Nicosia, Cyprus in windy and warm weather conditions. The bumpy high grip track made things interesting on the track and after the qualifiers it was Rafael Panayi who took the TQ with his Xray. Unfortunately in the main final he had to retire due to a servo problem and so it was Xray teammate Savvas Savva who obtained the top spot after the final, leaving Pantelis Makrides (Agama) and Antonis Panayiotou (Kyosho) behind in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

View the final results here

May 23, 2017

Daniel Kobbevik wins Norwegian 1/8th Buggy opener

The first round of the Norwegian 1/8th Off-road Championship was hosted by the Honefoss RC Club this past weekend with the weather forecast promising very mixed weather. Unfortunately the forecast was right and so the event started off with rain followed by pretty heavy rain but later the sun would come out, making for good racing conditions although it was pretty tough on the track as setup and tyre choice was a real challenge for the drivers. Racing wise the opening two rounds were won by Serpent driver Daniel Kobbevik while Rune Karlsen (Kyosho) snatched round 3 and SWorkz driver Björn Ivar Haug came out fastest in Q4. Ultimately it was Daniel who took the overall TQ with two wins and a 2nd place finish.

Continue reading the report here

May 23, 2017

Micha Widmaier doubles at South German regional race

A round of the South German 1/10th electric off-road regionals was held at the RC Cars Köngen club this past weekend. The event also marked the season opening race at the track that will hold the German 1/10th 4WD Nationals later in August. Micha Widmaier (SWorkz/Nosram) was the man to beat in the 2WD and 4WD Modified classes as he took wins in both categories with Tobias Hesse (Team C/Absima) and Justin Naumann (Team C/Absima) coming in 2nd and 3rd in the 2WD class while Luca Rau (Kyosho/Hacker) and Justin Naumann (Team C/Absima) rounded out the top 3 result in 4WD.

View the 4WD podium here

May 22, 2017

Jason Nugroho wins Jakarta Buggy regionals Rd2

The second round of the Jakarta regional Buggy Championship was held at the Graha Raya track in Serpong, West Java. A total of 57 drivers attended this event that saw Rama Tribudiman (Team Associated/O.S.) taking the TQ honours after winning two of the three qualifying rounds. Unfortunately he ran into trouble in the the 45 minute long main final and only finished on the 4th spot. Up front Jason Nugroho (Xray/Novarossi) took the win followed by Adrian Wicaksono (Mugen/Reds Racing) and Adrian Sutanto (Kyosho/O.S.) in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

View the final results here

May 22, 2017

Dakotah Phend & JR Mitch win at TLR Cup Rd2

The second round of the TLR Cup was held at R/C Excitement of Fitchburg, Massachusetts this past weekend. Open for all brands the event attracted a good amount of entries and in the premier 2WD Modified Buggy class it was top qualifier, Dakotah Phend (TLR) who took wins in the opening two A-mains to grab the overall victory from his TLR team mates JR Mitch and Frank Root. The latter two had some mixed mains with JR recovering from a 7th place finish in A2 thanks to a win in A3 while Frank’s 10-4-2 finish was enough to take the final podium spot on a tie-breaker with Matt Cline and Toddie Anderson.

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May 22, 2017

Pedro Sousa wins at Portuguese Northern regionals Rd2

Round 2 of the Portuguese Northern division regionals was held in Freixedas over the weekend. Pedro Sousa was the man to beat as he not only took the TQ after the qualifiers but he also came out successful in the 45-minute A-main encounter. Ultimately he would end the main final one lap ahead of Fernando Almeida in 2nd while Gabriel Magalhaes rounded out the podium result in 3rd.

Image: Pedro Sousa

May 22, 2017

Thomas Musso doubles at French League 4 race

The Carca track recently hold a round of the French League 4 series and it was Thomas Musso who walked away with a double win in the Open E-Buggy and E-Truggy classes. In the Buggy class Thomas Musso (HB Racing) and Jean-Pierrick Sartel (Xray) battled it out for the win and being tie on points after all A-mains were completed meant the tie-breaker would decide the overall win. Ultimately Thomas would prevail thanks to the quicker times and so he grabbed the overall win from Jean-Pierrick in 2nd while Sebastien Wartelle (HB Racing) rounded out the podium result in 3rd. Elsewhere in the E-Truggy class it was again Thomas who walked away with the win after making a clean sweep in the qualifiers and finals.

View the Truggy podium here

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